BIOL 4510 Lecture Notes - Phosphate, Acetyl-Coa, Fibronectin
Document Summary
Cell physiology: cell structure and cellular metabolism. Cell theory: life stems from the complex organization & interactions of the chemicals within cells. All known living things are made up of cells: the cell is the structural & functional unit of all living things, cells are the living building blocks of whole bodies. Cells contain hereditary information which is passed from cell to cell during cell division: this is what allows for life to evolve. The discovery of cells followed the invention of the. Microscope- cells weren"t known until we were able to see this level with a microscope: compound microscope- a series of lenses. One of the first compound microscopes created by the end of. 16th century by zacharias janssen: hand-held microscope focus by sliding (like a telescope, several lenses (i. e. , compound , magnifying images 3 to 10 times. Cells divide instead of growing larger to limit their surface area to volume.
